People with high IQ are more likely to abuse alcohol. These are the conclusions of a group of experts from the US and the UK.

Scientists have not yet found clear explanations for this pattern, but they are sure that there is a direct relationship between these two phenomena..

A large-scale study involved the division of volunteers into 5 groups according to their level of IQ. Participants were asked to report how often and how much they drink alcohol.. The smartest, as it turned out, drink alcohol much more often and with pleasure compared to the rest..

Meanwhile, people with an average intellectual level did not have such a clear dependence on alcohol..

The researchers also found that people with high IQ levels not only drink more often, but also more than others..

The relationship between the amount of alcohol consumed, as the researchers note, and the level of development of logical thinking has not yet been fully studied.. Therefore, alcoholism should not be justified by a high intellectual level..

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